Abstract
The paper presents the results of PhD dissertation, concerning the informal organisation of street performers in the context of cultural entrepreneurship and the humanistic trend of management. Its main theoretical and conceptual framework is that of neo-institutional theory. The research problem concerns the institutionalisation of street artists’ activities in the context of cultural entrepreneurship. This process is considered in relation to the social, cultural and structural aspects of activity of street performers, which constitute patterns of such activity.The paper is based on the interpretative paradigm and the researcher employs qualitative research methods, in particular ethnography and organizational ethnography. The following methods have been used to explore the research problem: participant observation and anthropological interview. The fieldwork was carried out from 2012 to 2019, mainly in the urban area of Polish cities: Gdansk, Lublin, Cracow, Warsaw and Wroclaw. Street performances are a varied phenomenon with a rich history, but so far insufficiently investigated, or even marginalized. The ambition of this paper was therefore to analyze and explain the process of organizing informal street performances. The originality of the work is demonstrated by three key conclusions concerning the posed research problem: the patterns of construction of street performers’ cultural roles and activity, the structure of the activities that compose it, and the institutional logics that shape it. The contribution to knowledge made by this paper concerns an innovative approach in management studies to informal street performances as cultural entrepreneurship, demonstrating the structuring-institutionalising dynamics of this activity within their respective institutional logics.
Presenters
Marta PołećStudent, PhD in Social Sciences, Kozminski University PL 524-10-05-438, Jagiellońska 57/59, 03-301 Warsaw, Poland
Details
Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
Theme
The Arts in Social, Political, and Community Life
KEYWORDS
Street Performance, Performative Street Art, Organisation, Institution, Pattern, Institutional Logic
